2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,648 people earned their degree in health sciences and services, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 327 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,275 and $21,897 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Health Sciences & Services Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota doctor’s degree health science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Minnesota

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #1 spot on the list. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 52 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

Walden University also made our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Walden University Health Sciences & Services Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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